1-sheet Vocabulary Printables

Up From Slavery: An Autobiography
Booker T. Washington
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Give students a vocabulary head start before reading.
20 words on one double-sided sheet.
No grading required.

How it works

Students preview 20 words from the reading, each in a sentence that supports understanding.

An optional post-reading quiz uses the same 20 words in excerpts from the text. Use it after reading, or skip it entirely.

Why it works

The pre-reading activity supports comprehension and primes students to notice the words in context. The optional post-reading quiz reinforces the same words while using excerpts from Up From Slavery: An Autobiography.

Highlighted words:
abolition, agitate, aspiration, canvass, convention, convention (2), cordial, enable, however, however (2), illustrate, inclined, legislature, notwithstanding, philanthropy, preside, prominent, resolve, resolve (2), yield
Why these 20 words?

Selected automatically for:

  • grade-level challenge
  • academic usefulness
  • frequency in the text
  • confidence in contextual meaning
Resources
Other vocabulary resources for
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography
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